Isotopes of sodium

Isotopes of sodium (11Na) | Main isotopes[1] | Decay

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| abun­dance | half-life (t1/2) | mode | pro­duct
22Na  | trace | 2.6019 y | β+ | 22Ne
23Na  | 100%  | stable
24Na  | trace  | 14.9560 h | β− | 24Mg
Standard atomic weight Ar°(Na)

* 22.98976928±0.00000002[2]
* 22.990±0.001 (abridged)[3]

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There are 20 isotopes of sodium (11Na), ranging from 17
Na to 39
Na (except for the still-unknown 36Na and 38Na),[4] and five isomers (two for 22
Na, and one each for 24
Na, 26
Na, and 32
Na). 23
Na is the only stable (and the only primordial) isotope. It is considered a monoisotopic element and it has a standard atomic weight of 22.98976928(2). Sodium has two radioactive cosmogenic isotopes (22
Na, with a half-life of 2.6019(6) years;[nb 1] and 24
Na, with a half-life of 14.9560(15) h). With the exception of those two isotopes, all other isotopes have half-lives under a minute, most under a second. The shortest-lived is the unbound 18
Na, with a half-life of 1.3(4)×10−21 seconds (although the half-life of the similarly unbound 17Na is not measured).

Acute neutron radiation exposure (e.g., from a nuclear criticality accident) converts some of the stable 23
Na (in the form of Na+ ion) in human blood plasma to 24
Na. By measuring the concentration of this isotope, the neutron radiation dosage to the victim can be computed.

Na is a positron-emitting isotope with a remarkably long half-life. It is used to create test-objects and point-sources for positron emission tomography.

## List of isotopes

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[n 1] | Z | N | Isotopic mass (Da)[5]
[n 2][n 3] | Half-life[1]
[n 4] | Decay
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[n 5] | Daughter
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[n 6] | Spin and
parity[1]
[n 7][n 4] | Isotopic
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Excitation energy

| 11  | 6  | 17.037270(60) |  | p | 16

| (1/2+)  |

| 11  | 7  | 18.02688(10) | 1.3(4) zs | p=?[n 8] | 17

| 1−#  |

| 11  | 8  | 19.013880(11) | > 1 as | p  | 18

| (5/2+)  |

| 11  | 9  | 20.0073543(12) | 447.9(2.3) ms | β+ (75.0(4)%)  | 20

| 2+  |
β+α (25.0(4)%)  | 16

| 11  | 10  | 20.99765446(5) | 22.4550(54) s | β+ | 21

| 3/2+  |

| 11  | 11  | 21.99443742(18) | 2.6019(6) y[nb 1] | β+ (90.57(8)%)  | 22

| 3+  | Trace[n 9]
ε (9.43(6)%)  | 22

22m1

| 583.05(10) keV | 243(2) ns | IT | 22

| 1+  |
22m2

| 657.00(14) keV | 19.6(7) ps | IT  | 22

| 0+  |

| 11  | 12  | 22.9897692820(19) | Stable | 3/2+  | 1

| 11  | 13  | 23.990963012(18) | 14.9560(15) h | β− | 24

| 4+  | Trace[n 9]
24m

| 472.2074(8) keV | 20.18(10) ms | IT (99.95%)  | 24

| 1+  |
β− (0.05%)  | 24

| 11  | 14  | 24.9899540(13) | 59.1(6) s | β− | 25

| 5/2+  |

| 11  | 15  | 25.992635(4) | 1.07128(25) s | β− | 26

| 3+  |
26m

| 82.4(4) keV | 4.35(16) μs | IT  | 26

| 1+  |

| 11  | 16  | 26.994076(4) | 301(6) ms | β− (99.902(24)%)  | 27

| 5/2+  |
β−n (0.098(24)%)  | 26

| 11  | 17  | 27.998939(11) | 33.1(1.3) ms | β− (99.42(12)%)  | 28

| 1+  |
β−n (0.58(12)%)  | 27

| 11  | 18  | 29.002877(8) | 43.2(4) ms | β− (78%)  | 29

| 3/2+  |
β−n (22(3)%)  | 28

β−2n ?[n 10] | 27

| 11  | 19  | 30.009098(5) | 45.9(7) ms | β− (70.2(2.2)%)  | 30

| 2+  |
β−n (28.6(2.2)%)  | 29

β−2n (1.24(19)%)  | 28

β−α (5.5(2)%×10−5)  | 26

| 11  | 20  | 31.013147(15) | 16.8(3) ms | β− (> 63.2(3.5)%)  | 31

| 3/2+  |
β−n (36.0(3.5)%)  | 30

β−2n (0.73(9)%)  | 29

β−3n (< 0.05%)  | 28

| 11  | 21  | 32.020010(40) | 12.9(3) ms | β− (66.4(6.2)%)  | 32

| (3−)  |
β−n (26(6)%)  | 31

β−2n (7.6(1.5)%)  | 30

32m

[6] | 625 keV | 24(2) μs | IT  | 32

| (0+,6−)  |

| 11  | 22  | 33.02553(48) | 8.2(4) ms | β−n (47(6)%)  | 32

| (3/2+)  |
β− (40.0(6.7)%)  | 33

β−2n (13(3)%)  | 31

| 11  | 23  | 34.03401(64) | 5.5(1.0) ms | β−2n (~50%)  | 32

| 1+  |
β− (~35%)  | 34

β−n (~15%)  | 33

| 11  | 24  | 35.04061(72)#  | 1.5(5) ms | β− | 35

| 3/2+#  |
β−n ?[n 10] | 34

β−2n ?[n 10] | 33

| 11  | 26  | 37.05704(74)#  | 1# ms [> 1.5 μs]  | β− ?[n 10] | 37

?  | 3/2+#  |
β−n ?[n 10] | 36

β−2n ?[n 10] | 35

[4] | 11  | 28  | 39.07512(80)#  | 1# ms [> 400 ns]  | β− ?[n 10] | 39

?  | 3/2+#  |
β−n ?[n 10] | 38

β−2n ?[n 10] | 37

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1. ^ mNa - Excited nuclear isomer.
2. ^ ( ) - Uncertainty (1σ) is given in concise form in parentheses after the corresponding last digits.
3. ^ # - Atomic mass marked #: value and uncertainty derived not from purely experimental data, but at least partly from trends from the Mass Surface (TMS).
4. ^ a b # - Values marked # are not purely derived from experimental data, but at least partly from trends of neighboring nuclides (TNN).
5. ^ Modes of decay:  IT: | Isomeric transition

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n: | Neutron emission
p: | Proton emission
6. ^ Bold symbol as daughter - Daughter product is stable.
7. ^ ( ) spin value - Indicates spin with weak assignment arguments.
8. ^ Decay mode shown has been observed, but its intensity is not known experimentally.
9. ^ a b Cosmogenic nuclide
10. ^ a b c d e f g h i Decay mode shown is energetically allowed, but has not been experimentally observed to occur in this nuclide.

## Sodium-22

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Disk containing 1 μCi of sodium-22

Sodium-22 is a radioactive isotope of sodium, undergoing positron emission to 22
Ne with a half-life of 2.6019(6) years. 22
Na is being investigated as an efficient generator of "cold positrons" (antimatter) to produce muons for catalyzing fusion of deuterium.[citation needed] It is also commonly used as a positron source in positron annihilation spectroscopy.[7]

## Sodium-23

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Sodium-23 is an isotope of sodium with an atomic mass of 22.98976928. It is the only stable isotope of sodium and also the only primordial isotope. Because of its abundance, sodium-23 is used in nuclear magnetic resonance in various research fields, including materials science and battery research.[8] Sodium-23 relaxation has applications in studying cation-biomolecule interactions, intracellular and extracellular sodium, ion transport in batteries, and quantum information processing.[9]

## Sodium-24

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Sodium-24 is radioactive and can be created from common sodium-23 by neutron activation. With a half-life of 14.9560(15) h, 24
Na decays to 24
Mg by emission of an electron and two gamma rays.[10][11]

Exposure of the human body to intense neutron radiation creates 24
Na in the blood plasma. Measurements of its quantity can be done to determine the absorbed radiation dose of a patient.[11] This can be used to determine the type of medical treatment required.

When sodium is used as coolant in fast breeder reactors, 24
Na is created, which makes the coolant radioactive. When the 24
Na decays, it causes a buildup of magnesium in the coolant. Since the half-life is short, the 24
Na portion of the coolant ceases to be radioactive within a few days after removal from the reactor. Leakage of the hot sodium from the primary loop may cause radioactive fires,[12] as it can ignite in contact with air (and explodes in contact with water). For this reason the primary cooling loop is within a containment vessel.

Sodium has been proposed as a casing for a salted bomb, as it would convert to 24
Na and produce intense gamma-ray emissions for a few days.[13][14]

## Notes

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1. ^ a b Note that NUBASE2020 uses the tropical year to convert between years and other units of time, not the Gregorian year. The relationship between years and other time units in NUBASE2020 is as follows: 1 y = 365.2422 d = 31 556 926 s

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